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Course Description

"Follow The Money" by LaFear Group

Length: 3 days

Designed For: investigators to make them aware of how investigation of money laundering and other currency violations can assist them in their investigations of all types of criminal statutes.

Prerequisites: None.

Certification: This course is POST certified in the states of Mississippi and Georgia and accepted for certification in other states.

Description: This course was conceived as a means of providing law enforcement officers with a "new set of tools" for investigating illegal narcotics organizations and seizing their illegally-obtained assets.

This course should be attended by all law enforcement personnel, analysts, and prosecutors who are responsible for the investigation and prosecution of illegal narcotics perpetrators, which frequently lead to "spin-off" investigations of the financial aspects of those subjects.

Employment of the "follow the money" (FTM) concepts taught can lead to an efficient and early resolution of the suspected criminal wrongdoing. Further, an understanding of the methods discussed in this course will enhance the skills necessary to attack "crimes for profit" and money laundering violations thus reducing the frustration and costs associated with the management of complex financial cases.

The course objectives are accomplished through means of a specific crime scenario, and a number of video vignettes, which demonstrate how "FTM" techniques can be applied to help fully develop the extent of the criminal's activities leading to successful prosecution and to the identification of assets for forfeiture.

Course Objectives

  • Utilize techniques that can be employed parallel to a normal drug investigation and used to supplement any ongoing criminal investigation/prosecution to solve open cases and identify future investigations.
  • Identify money laundering and currency violations which might assist them in expanding identifying additional targets and/or assets for forfeiture.
  • The attendee will learn how to identify and investigate money laundering schemes, both the historically traditional methods and the evolving current trends in that illegal activity.
  • Identify asset forfeiture statutes/provisions available to these personnel.
  • Demonstrate how the "FTM" techniques will facilitate the obtaining of the necessary evidence to perfect forfeitures.
  • Provide the attendees with the various court decisions relative to money laundering and forfeitures throughout the country.

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